William WHITE (1841 – 1914)

Name

William White

Gender

Male

Birthdate

07 January 1841

Birthplace

Woodbury, Devon, England

Marriage(s)

1868
Christchurch

Date of death

08 June 1914

Place of death

Otane, Central Hawke's Bay

Parents

  • John White
  • Harriett White, nee Franklin

Partner(s)

  • Mary White, nee McLaren (1847-1914)

Children

  • Franklin John White (1867-1941)
  • Walter James White (1870-1950)
  • Ernest William White (1873-1898)
  • Cuthbert Duncan White (1874-1953)
  • Gertrude Mary Milford (1876-1958)
  • Sydney Herbert White (1877-1904)
  • Algernon McLaren White (1880-1918)
  • Ronald Hugh White (1882-1967)
  • Ethel Margaret Isabella Robertson (1884-1958)
  • Gordon Stewart White (1886-1963)
  • Norman Charles White (1890-1918)
  • Allan McGregor White (1892-1970)

Biography

Arrived in New Zealand on the “Joseph Fletcher”, 1859
Came to Hawke’s Bay to farm sheep
Created and sold “White’s Celebrated Sheep Dip”
Chairman of Patangata County Council
Member of Patangata Road Board, Kaikora School Committee, Education Board
President of Waipawa Racing Club

Accession number

697037

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